Alvarado whipped the bay colt eight times during the race, above the maximum six allowed by the Horseracing Integrity and ...

Junior Alvarado was fined 20 percent of his winnings for striking Sovereignty more times than is allowed with his riding crop ...

The jockey of the Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty has been fined $62,000 for using his riding crop too many times.

Junior Alvarado used his riding crop on Sovereignty "more than the permitted amount" during the race last week, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.

Sovereignty's jockey, Junior Alvarado, was handed a $62,000 fine and a two-race suspension after leveling eight strikes at ...

Sovereignty not only won the Derby but did what 2019 winner Country House could not for trainer Bill Mott — he crossed first.

Junior Alvarado was given a $62,000 fine and suspended for two upcoming racing days for striking Sovereignty eight times with ...

There will be no Triple Crown winner in horse racing this year. Sovereignty, the three-year-old thoroughbred who won the ...

Junior Alvarado, the jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the 2025 Kentucky Derby, was fined $62,000 on Friday after the ...

Who will run in the Preakness 2025? Journalism and American Promise among horses to watch Sovereignty skipping Preakness ...

Sovereignty will skip the second leg of the Triple Crown. He's the first Kentucky Derby winner to skip the Preakness Stakes ...

Junior Alvarado was ordered the suspension and fine for striking Sovereignty too many times with a riding crop during their ...